Aromatherapy is an alternative medicine with essential oils and aromatic plant compounds to improve person’s health or mood. Aromatherapy gives you relief from stress with some essential oils. The essential oils used in aromatherapy have different composition that is compared with other herbal products. This is because of distillation used in this therapy to recover the lighter phytomolecules. This is widely used as traditional therapies with essential oils. Essential oils includes massaging oils that are pure and are either absorbed through the skin or inhaled.

Aromatherapy is applied in the following ways. Aerial diffusion is oils evaporate into the air. The aim to give air specific fragrance or to disinfect it. The direct inhalation is person breaths and evaporate oils straight in. This is used for respiratory disinfection, decongestion and psychological benefits. The topical applications is by applying onto the skin. Massaging oil are commonly used for baths and therapeutic skin care.

Aromatherapy treatments used for the following problems

Anxiety and stress

Insomnia and headaches

Muscular and body aches

Circulation, menstrual, menopausal and digestive problems

Depression

How aromatherapy works?

Aromatherapy treatment is best used in treating stress related problems. Essential oil are applied to the body that can easily penetrate the skin through the hair follicles and sweat glands. The essential oil is absorbed into the body fluids that helps to kill bacteria and viruses that can easily stimulate the body’s immune system. This can strengthen the resistance and protects you from further attack.

Some of the essential oils helps to increase the blood circulation and can eliminate the toxins. Essential oils promote new cell growth and can encourage the body’s natural ability to heal. Essential oils are absorbed into the bloodstream as and when they are inhaled. At that time the lungs work to oxygenate the blood. This form of essential oil absorption helps from a tissue, diffusing them in a vaporizer. Even you can also add them to your bath water.

Some of the essential oils are not suitable for treatment of children, pregnant women or epileptics and infants. This is because there are phototoxic oils that effects the skin when exposed to sunlight for 12 hours. There are some other essential oils that irritate sensitive skin and may have other side effects. So, you should do patch test by putting a drop on the skin and leave it for 15 minutes to check whether it is irritant or not. Aromatherapy should be performed by a professional trainer, because of the rules for treatment and the use of suitable oils, but ate least dangerous. The beginner practitioner’s and people who do not have professional training in aromatherapy is important to check every oil. This is better to select and blend against the list of oils that are limited.

Achillea

Achillea is a phototoxic oil when applied on skin should not be exposed to sunlight for about 12 hours after treatment.

Angelica

Angelicais a photoxic oil when applied on skin should not be exposed to sunlight for about 12 hours after treatment.

Bergamot

Bergamot is a phototoxic oil when applied on skin should not be exposed to sunlight for about 12 hours after treatment.It is better to use this oil when it is bergapten-free, as it is safe and also exposed to sunlight after use. It has therapeutic property that is affected.

Birch

Birch is a high level of toxicity. This is used by professional, experienced practitioners only.

Cajeput

You should test it on your skin with a drop of oil for about 15 minutes. Check it irritates sensitive skin or not.

Cardamon

Cardamon oil should tested before using it with a drop of oil on skin for about 15 miutes. Check whether it irritates sensitive skin or not.

Coriander

Coriander oil is a tiny amount must be used as and when you are going to use it on the face. This is because it may irritate the skin.

Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus oil should not be used to treat infants and tots. This should not be used for children. Instead of it, one can use niaouli or murtle.

Garlic

Garlic is tease on the skin with a drop of slightly diluted oil for about 15 minutes, before using it to treat. This can irritate sensitive skin. This should not be used by nursing mothers. The extra precautions should be taken when used on the skin and is very powerful that causes a burn.

Geranium

Geranium oil should be tested before using it with a drop of oil on the skin for about 15 minutes. Check whether it irritates sensitive skin or not.

Ginger

Ginger oil is used to treat infants and tots. This is used in highly diluted form to avoid skin irritations.

Grapefruit

Grapefruits are a phototoxic oil that must not be exposed to sunlight for 12 hours after the treatment.

Lemon

Lemon oil has a phototoxic oil, which should not be used to expose to sunlight for 12 hours when followed with a treatment. This should not be used during the summer. The client’s skin is used to test it with a drop of oil on the skin for about 15 minutes, just before treating with it for irritates of sensitive skin.

Lemongrass

Lemongrass oil is used to treat infants and tots. This should be teasted before using it on the skin with a single drop oil for 15 minutes. Check whether it irritates sensitive skin or not. This should be used on a highly diluted form and in small quantities.

Lime

Lime is a phototoxic oil that must not be exposed to sunlight for about 12 hours after treatment.

Louisa

Louisa oil should not be used during summer. This should not be exposed to sunlight for 12 hours after treatment.

Mandarin

Mandarin is a phototoxic oil that should not be exposed to sunlight for 12 hours by the following treatment.

Neroli

Neroli is a phototoxic oil that should not be exposed to sunlight for 12 hours after following treatment.

Orange

Orange oil is a phototoxic oil that should not be exposed to sunlight for about 12 hours with the following treatment.

Sage

Sage oil is not used to treat infants and pregnant women. This is not used for epileptics also. When used in large quantities, may cause an epileptic seizure, which is central nervous system disorders. This is powerful contractions of the smooth muscles. This must not be used by the people who suffer from hypertension. Thus, it should be used by experienced and professional practitioners only.

Wintergreen

Wintergreen is a high level of toxicity. This should be used by experience and professional practitioners only.

Yarrow

Yarrow oil decreases the skin’s protection that is against the sun. This oil should not be used during summer for longer periods. This oil must not be exposed to sunlight for 12 hours with the following treatment.

Ylang-ylang

Ylang-ylang oil can cause headaches as and when used in large quantities.

Essential oil warnings that are not used during pregnancy

Anise

Anise oil is a high level of toxicity. This should not be used during pregnancy and must be used by professional, experienced practitioners only.

Basil

Basil oil should not be used during pregnancy.

Black pepper

Black pepper should not be used during pregnancy. This is not to be used on the face, as it is a very potent oil.

Camphor

Camphor oil easily penetrates deeply into the skin cells. This should be used for a longer period of time because it has high level of toxicity. This should not be used by the people who are suffering from asthma. This is used during pregnancy. Try to avoid using it in whole body massage. IT should not be used at all.

Caraway

Caraway oil should be tested with a drop of oil for 15 minutes on the skin. Check it as it irritates sensitive skin or not. This should not be used during pregnancy.

Cedarwood

Cinnamon

Cinnamon has high level of toxicity. This is used to treat infants and tots. This should not be used during pregnancy. Try to avoid using this oil on the face.

Clary sage

Clary sage oil should not be used during pregnancy. Make sure that you should not drive after using this oil. Avoid drinking alcohol before and after using this oil. This may cause unpleasant sensations and nightmares. The oil should not be used by women who are suffering from mastitis. In another case, women who do not wish to increase the estrogen level in the body. Clary sage oil is safe to use than medicinal sage.

Clove

Clove oil should not be used during pregnancy. This is used to treat infants and tots. Make a note that it should be used in a small amounts to avoid skin irritations.

Dill

Dill oil is used to treat infants and tots. This should not be used during pregnancy.

Fennel

Fennel oil should be used to treat infants. Fennel oil should be used for the children who are below age six. Using a large amount may cause an epileptic seizure. This is better to be used by the estrogen level that is high or when there is excessive estrogen in the body. This should not be used during pregnancy. Fennel oil must not be used to treat epileptics.

Galbanum

Galbanum is used on the client’s skin that is tested with a drop of oil for 15 minutes, just before treatment in case of irritates sensitive skin. This should not be used during pregnancy.

Hyssop

Hyssop oil has a high level of toxicity. This should not be used by pregnancy women, children, epileptics and people with high fever. This should be used by experienced and professionals practitioners only.

Juniper

Juniper oil should not be used during pregnancy.

Laurel

Laurel oil should not be used during pregnancy.

Marjoram

Marjoram should not be used to treat infants or should not be used to treat during pregnancy. This should not be used prior to driving. This is tested before using as it can irritates sensitive skin. This should be used in a highly diluted form. This should not be used more than four drops in bath water.

Melissa

Melissa should not be used during pregnancy,

Myrrh

Myrrh oil is not used to treat infants or just during pregnancy.

Nutmeg

Nutmeg should not be used during pregnancy. This is tested on the skin with a drop of oil for about 15 minutes. Check whether it causes irritation to sensitive skin. Make sure that it should not be used for long periods of time.

Parsley

Parsley should not be used during pregnancy. This should be always used in small quantities.

Peppermint

Peppermint oil is a large quantity prior to sleeping. This may induce nightmares. It should not be used before sleeping. It has stimulating and can prevent the person from falling asleep. The oil must not be used in a whole body massage. This causes a sensation of extreme cold. This should not be only oil used in a bath. Thus, you should be combined with other oils. Peppermint oil should not be used during pregnancy. This not used to treat infants and tots.

Red thyme

Red thyme should not be used to treat infants and tots or during the time of pregnancy. This must not be used by people who suffer from hypertension. This is small and must be used in very small quantities that are to be avoided when skin starts irritating.

Rosemary

Rosemary oil should be used during pregnancy. This can raise blood pressure that’s the reason, it should not be used by people with unstable hypertension. This can helps in treating people with balanced or borderline high blood pressure. This can add and blend the oils that can lowers blood pressure. This should not be used to treat epileptics.

Spearmint

Spearmint should not be used during pregnancy.

Sweet thyme

Sweet thyme should not be used during pregnancy. It is better to use red thyme.